Italy and Malta row over stranded migrants

About 140 migrants remained stranded aboard a Turkish cargo ship for a third day as Malta and Italy argued about which country should accept them.

Italian port authorities said the migrants were aboard the Pinar in rough waters about 25 miles south-west of the tiny Sicilian island of Lampedusa. Two sick migrants were flown by Italian military helicopter to Lampedusa earlier for treatment after the Pinar rescued them.